Author: Josh and Candy Dalton

September, 2014. A tiny, isolated village on Southern Palawan. A young single father torn by love, cultural pressures of shame and responsibility, and a desire to do what was best for his young son. Church planters who had opened their hearts to this little boy, and with his father’s blessing begun the tedious, years-long process of […]

As a missionary, we get asked some weird questions, especially while on furlough. And we get asked a lot of the same questions. Common ones include- “So, don’t you just love it there?” Is it like being on vacation all the time?” (ha!) “How many people have you led to Christ?” And probably one of […]

The clock is ticking and we’re running out of time on paperwork. One year ago today, we began disassembling and overhauling this helicopter, preparing it for service in the Philippines. It is exciting and humbling to see what the Lord has done in only one year! Now though, we are down to the wire. There […]

At 6:00 Monday morning, we rolled out of our gate along with our co-workers to head for the city. Both vehicles were packed with tools, parts and equipment, as well as everything our families needed to continue homeschooling and functioning for the next couple of weeks. Our helicopter had arrived! We were told that it […]

It has been incredibly exciting for us the last few months as we are getting to know the church planters and translators who work on the island where we are now serving! God is doing amazing things among several of the indigenous people groups here, including a Manobo village that heard the gospel for the first […]

We have been saying we need to write an update for several weeks now, and we finally had time and the words to say!  First off, A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped with our moving expenses! By the time the final bills showed up, the Lord had provided enough to cover our entire […]

As we prepared to return to the Philippines in December, a number of friends made comments to us about the adventure that is ahead of us. It quickly became clear that “Adventure” is the theme that the Lord has for us this year, but we are only beginning to learn what God’s idea of adventure […]

It’s hard to believe that six months ago, almost to the day, we arrived back in the U.S., and began preparing a helicopter for service in the Philippines. It has been an amazing, faith building, frustrating and yet exhilarating six months. As I pondered what to title this post, ideas like “How To Hit a Moving […]